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Kyo · 09-23-2003, 02:42 PM

- Practice your poker face. All the time. Not showing emotions on your face is a lot harder than not acting on emotions - if you can do this, emotions should never bother you again.

- Routinely abstain from things you enjoy, that don't necessarily have any negative impact on you. Watching TV, for instance, or having desert. Eventually, you should be able to quit any 'routine' activity cold turkey instantly. The reason for picking random activities is that you'll try to reason yourself into abstinence: "oh, ice cream will make me fat, so I can't eat it." Control is saying, "I'm going to stop eating ice cream for no reason" and being able to do it. (Obviously, I'm using ice cream as a trivial example - try it on something you actually care about doing, like golf or watching Comedy Central).

- Talk less, listen more. Applies to actions too. The more time you spend observing and the less time you spend acting on every thought that comes to mind, the less your emotions will control you. And you're less likely to make a fool out of yourself. Again.

09-23-2003, 02:42 PM	#6 (permalink)
Kyo Crazy	- Practice your poker face. All the time. Not showing emotions on your face is a lot harder than not acting on emotions - if you can do this, emotions should never bother you again. - Routinely abstain from things you enjoy, that don't necessarily have any negative impact on you. Watching TV, for instance, or having desert. Eventually, you should be able to quit any 'routine' activity cold turkey instantly. The reason for picking random activities is that you'll try to reason yourself into abstinence: "oh, ice cream will make me fat, so I can't eat it." Control is saying, "I'm going to stop eating ice cream for no reason" and being able to do it. (Obviously, I'm using ice cream as a trivial example - try it on something you actually care about doing, like golf or watching Comedy Central). - Talk less, listen more. Applies to actions too. The more time you spend observing and the less time you spend acting on every thought that comes to mind, the less your emotions will control you. And you're less likely to make a fool out of yourself. Again. __________________ Sure I have a heart; it's floating in a jar in my closet, along with my tonsils, my appendix, and all of the other useless organs I ripped out.